[PEN-L:9873] Imperialist Social Systems Engineering: Some Research Notes

1999-08-08 Thread Craven, Jim
Attached at some of my notes on Imperialist Social Systems Engineering and th social "sciences". These are taken from "Universities and Empire: Money and Politics in the Social Sciences During the Cold War" edited by Christopher Simpson, The New Press, NY, 1998 and from his Inttroduction ( a

[PEN-L:9870] Culpability and Praise

1999-08-08 Thread Craven, Jim
I am deeply suspicious of "Single Person" or "Great Leader" or "Great Despot" theories of culpability or praise for whole historical processes or even particular events. Since I first started serious examinations of historical events, when I was around 13 years old, I have believed that if any

[PEN-L:9867] Re: Weapons Tribe update

1999-08-08 Thread Jonathan Lasse
Lisa Ian Murray wrote: The biggest buyer of arms last year was Saudi Arabia, with $2.7 billion in new sales. The United Arab Emirates ranked second at $2.5 billion. Malaysia ranked third, with $2.1 billion. Gotta love that Congressional Reserach Service. Looks like they completely forgot to

[PEN-L:9872] updating Sun Tzu

1999-08-08 Thread Lisa Ian Murray
Contains a quick note on financial warfare; reminds one of Yuan-Li Wu's 'Economic Warfare' China Ponders New Rules of 'Unrestricted War' By John Pomfret Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, August 8, 1999; Page A1 BEIJING – In 1996, colonels Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui were in Fujian

[PEN-L:9871] Mergers and Acquisitions in the Disinformation sector

1999-08-08 Thread Lisa Ian Murray
August 8, 1999 Govt Unit To Control Flow of US News Filed at 12:17 p.m. EDT By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Clinton administration, dismayed by the success of anti-American propaganda worldwide, is striking back with an information offensive of its own: a State Department

[PEN-L:9869] FW: Cdn native rights lawyer seeks asylum in Norway

1999-08-08 Thread Craven, Jim
-Original Message- From: John Shafer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, August 07, 1999 12:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cdn native rights lawyer seeks asylum in Norway letter from Dr.Bruce Clark to his publisher McGill Queen's. More information is at

[PEN-L:9868] Re: Re: Weapons Tribe update

1999-08-08 Thread Ken Hanly
Didn't you know that Taiwan is the 51st state--pace Henry-- and so doesn't count? Cheers, Ken Hanly Jonathan Lasse wrote: Lisa Ian Murray wrote: The biggest buyer of arms last year was Saudi Arabia, with $2.7 billion in new sales. The United Arab Emirates ranked second at $2.5